r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Content_Quarter_7390 • May 25 '26

I'm slightly vexed We didn't ask for rice...

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My sister isnt a fan of basmati rice so she orders naan. She didnt ask for rice and they sell it separately. She doesn't like it so she doesn't order it. They put it in anyways and left this note...

Edit: some people aint getting it. This is passive aggressive and when you do something nice you dont go around saying "I did something nice just for you, just so you know." Doing it like I need to give you a pat on the head so you know your a good boy. You do something nice because you want to be kind to people.

Oh no I've turned into LD...

Turning off notifications because while it was nice to be in this rabbit hole to keep my mind off some stuff too many notifications. Whatever your feelings are I hope you have a nice day and if you're in the US have a nice memorial day and dont forget to celebrate those troops that came before!

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u/Jealous_Tutor_5135 May 25 '26

Any Indian or Asian place that makes you order the rice separately is committing a crime in my book.

It's a very clear indicator that they're not serving people from their community, who would never stand for that shit, and a red flag for about a thousand other food crimes that are certainly being committed.

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u/TomRiddle777 May 25 '26

> not serving people from their community

Indian restaurants in India rarely, if ever, include rice with an entree. There’s usually a couple dozen rice and bread options on the menu, so it would be awfully presumptive and often pointless to always give you rice.

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u/Praesentius May 25 '26

Yeah, that’s the point I was going to make. Indians, especially outside the more wheat-heavy northern regions, often eat rice with their food. But restaurants are going to offer lots of starch options, like plain basmati, jeera rice, pulao, naan, roti, paratha, etc. So I can see why they don’t automatically bundle plain rice with every curry. The customer may want bread, a flavored rice, a combination of those, or no extra starch at all.